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365 days day 20

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:15:00 +0000

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365 days

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:03:00 +0000

Whoa I've been out of it way too long, sorry guys I've been incredibly busy but I promise to get back on track.

So lets get started... kinda

I've been into photography for quite a while but over the last couple of months I've grown more and more interested in it (to the point where I'll be getting a digital slr for christmas, for those that dont know its a camera that allows you to control everything such as the focus and the light)well recently I started a massive project called 365 days, the goal, to take a self portrait every day for an entire year.

Right now I'm working off a point and click camera without a tripod so its proving to be a challenge but so far its been worth it (and its making me think more and more about composition).

So everyday I'll be posting a picture of myself on the blog and on my flickr profile.

I cant take credit for this idea, its a flickr project done by thousands of people all over the world, granted there are alot of bad photographers but once you get through to rubbish there are alot of amazing things.

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Canadian adventure 1

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:44:00 +0000

Well I promised you a blog and here goes.

Tommorow I fly out to Ottawa, the first leg of my trip for my four month adventure in canada and its wierd. I know I should probably think of something more eloquent and enjoyable but an over used word word seems to sum it up pretty well.

This summer I have worked two jobs, one in a factory five days a week for eight hours a day as a shift worker getting up at 5am in the morning and coming back at 2pm one week and going into work for 2pm and coming back at 10pm the next. Never work in a factory, its not fun. I spent my days packing ginger bread men into boxes and the various jobs around it (including putting the stickers on the boxes that no one reads, or making the boxes that get thrown away once they get to the shop).

My other job on the weekends was working in whsmiths a job I've had on and off for the past two years, you know its bad when you look forward to working with difficult customers.

Those seven weeks of work seemed to drag on forever but now all of a sundden I'm flying out and it hasnt quite set in, it doesnt seem real that I'll be spending the next four months in another country roughly 6000 miles from home.

Sorry its not very exciting my canadian adventure really hasnt started yet, so heres a lolcat to make things better.

Andrew Bargeron (aka Andrew Gimetzco)!

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:10:00 +0000

I first saw Andrew Bargeron (aka Gimetzco)work over on threadless and was amazed, especially by the yeticorn, his designs are witty and have an amazingly distinctive style that could only be Gimetzco

Phil: How’s it going?

Andrew: It’s too darn hot! Other than that, A-ok.

Phil: So tell us a little bit about yourself.

Andrew: Hmm where to start...a bit of a globe trotter, as a kid i lived in Italy and Holland and California, now I live in Tennessee, but that may change soon enough. Recently married on 4.20.07! So I have that going on right now...I've a dorky sense of humour and tall and I'm slightly handsome. I'm a bit of a rogue, although its not as romantic as it sounds...I've not been too popular (which has kept me humble) with my work (or anything else really) even though I have had some successes here and there.

Phil: How did you get into art?

Andrew: I started when I was 1 or 2 yrs old, I drew a potato with lines on it...then in kindergarten I turned my ABCs into characters...by 1995 I had been growing as an illustrator, but wasn't good...and in 1996 (when I finally got the internet hooked up) I posted some messages on some ska websites...and then I got my first gig shortly thereafter for a now defunct band called My Man Friday.

Phil: What do think influences your art?

Andrew: Other good art. Monster movies, sci-fi, things that are "fantastic"...and honest "enjoyability".

Phil: Your art work is interesting, not only stylistically but also because you use several reoccurring characters (for example the yeticorn),
what’s the story behind the yeticorn?

Andrew: The Origin of the yeticorn was a simple doodle that developed into a poster for a Petra Haden show (it was never used)...but i liked the character idea...a yeti with a single horn atop his head. So I doodled some more and submitted some of them to threadless as shirt designs...eventually one of the designs was printed (a collaborative effort with Josh Agerstrand who supplied the regular yeti in the design).

Phil: Do you have any plans into making it into a comic or cartoon?

Andrew: Yes and no. the ideas are there to make the yeticorn and his cryptid crew a cartoon (along with the octoposse). It would be like a mix of Fat Albert, scooby doo and ren and stimpy in that the crew would get into outlandish scenarios each episode, but there would be a simple and sometimes silly moral learned. but they could be cowboys in one episode or space explorers in another, but most of the time they'd be B-boys...

I do have a project coming up that will feature the yeticorn quite a bit.

Phil: Who are your favourite artists?

Andrew: Jamie Hewlett (Tank Girl / Gorillaz), Philip Bond (similar to Jamie Hew), Mike Laughead (Awesome freelance illustrator), Dan Decarlo (archies/josie), Ashley Wood (new Tank girl). But there are so many
that i see that i like...

Phil: So what are the plans for the future?

Andrew: TinyMEAT.com and Hi5 SUPERFUN! For Hi5 SUPERFUN I’m working with someone to bring about an online accessories and t-shirt shop:
limited edition shirts, prints, badges, decals...it will be the home of the Yeticorn and will feature a few other illustrators and designers doing their own work as well...maybe even a print or 2 of their versions of the yeticorn...who knows? And with Tinymeat, I am designing wallets and ipod cases, and serve as a consultant on a new line of wallets that
are sure to be quite enjoyable!

Quick fire round:
What’s your favourite:

band: STATION! (My musical project! Ha ha) but really it's gotta beeee Oingo Boingo or Damon Albarn projects (Blur, Gorillaz, GBQ)...

Film: oooh so many! Grindhouse, In the Mouth of Madness, Hot Fuzz

Drink: Jarritos Tamarind sodapop

Sport: none, but if i had too choose Football (soccer in the US). But I like riding my bike...that's a sport, right?

Colour: Lately it's been Red...although it used to be Blue.

Thanks Andrew.

You can see more of Andrews stuff on these links:

gimetzco virb

gimetzco flickr

The Portable Film Festival!

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:33:00 +0000

The portable film festival is an online event created to celerbrate the best in online media be it short film, music video or series the only requirement is that it can be played on a portable device.

Some of the stuff on there is absolutly amazing, but to everyone else go and submit work.

www.portablefilmfestival.com

capturing the past

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:45:00 +0000

I created a new group devoted to collecting family photos, because each photo tells a story about the people in it and the period it was taken from the activities to the clothes they wear and was wondering if you'd like to add to it.

capturing the past

Pound

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:01:00 +0000

Directed by Evan Bernard

stars dont fall

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:11:00 +0000

A while back I was fortunate to get in touch with an amazing band from down under Stars dont fall, go check out their myspace page, brilliant stuff.

Phil: Hey guys hows it going?

Stars dont fall: things are going well down under!

Phil: How did the stars dont fall start?

Stars dont fall: Pretty much a bunch of friends that just loved playing music!

Phil: So how long have you been together?

Stars dont fall: 3 years now

Phil: What would you say are the biggest influences on the band?

Stars dont fall: I'd say every band that plays our kinda music our age has gotta say blink 182

Phil: How did the singapore gig come about?

Stars dont fall: Well in december 2005, we were recording our album in singapore, and we played a show then for a magazine and then last year we got asked back! and we managed to hook up 2 other shows while we were there.

Phil: Whats the best thing about being in a band?

Stars dont fall: Being on stage whether its in front of 30 or 3000 people just having the time of our lifes!

Phil: Whats your favorite song?

Stars dont fall: I'd have to say for me (matt) sorry or dont say goodnight

Phil: What are the plans for the rest of the year?

Stars dont fall: Well this year liam our drummer is actually traveling so we're busy writing new stuff and just playing a few shows with a fill in drummer around our home town!

Quick fire round:

What’s your favourite:

band:

I cant say 1 so i'll go with...all time low, paramore and hit the lights

Film: old school

Drink: canadian club and dry

Sport: american football

Colour: blue!

Thanks guys.

cheers dude!

Stars dont fall

Im right your wrong on hiatus

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:24:00 +0000

For the last few months I've been working on the im right your wrong project and despite the mistakes I've made along the way (including failing to set up interviews and being late posting some of the ones I've made) I've improved alot.

Right now I just cant carry on and I need to take a brake.

Its difficult to explain why I've chosen to take a brake with the project when it was finally starting to do well, June was a very good month for posting and I hoped to maintain that momentum but the fact of the matter is I cant right now.

I'm going to canada for four months as part of an exchange program with my univervisty, i'll be studying in canada and I'm looking forward to that till no end but right now thats all I have to look forward to.

In order to pay for what will be an amazing trip I'm working two jobs, usually six days a week but occasionally (like this weekend seven), I work in a factory five days a week eight hours a day packing boxes of buscuits and at the weekend I go an work in a book shop for most of the day.

When I'm not working I'm sleeping my factory job means I'm up at 5am to be in work for 6am and finishing at 2pm, or on the other week I'm in at 2pm and finishing at 10pm at night.

I'm tired and all my energy is going into work.

I have a few interviews I need to post and they'll be post over the next few days but im right your wrong wont be restarting until late august.

TECHNO DISCO VIDEO

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:15:00 +0000

TECHNO DISCO VIDEO

Evening all. When I heard a friend of mine was setting up a small video project with her friends I was interested to see what they’d come up with. So far their work has mostly been experimental, video montages cut to good music, but with work commencing on their first major short, I felt it was time to help raise a little awareness and ask her some questions about their work. Ladies and Gentleman, I give you, Techno Disco Video.

Sean: Hi Cait, could you start by just telling me a bit about Techno Disco Video and the work you produce?

Caitlin: Well it started off as many a myspace project doubtlessly does on a wintery night, when me and Georgie (my partner in TDV) where in my room basically bemoaning the lack of opportunities for doing creative work as young people in our area so decided to start setting up something we could create ourselves - one of the problems with some youth work we find is that it's a little too structured over what you can and can't do in the project and although we didn't have a clear idea of what we wanted to do we knew it was going to be a video based project and we knew we wanted it to be in our own style - whatever that turned out to be. Our first 'TDV' night out was spent wandering around the northern quarter one night just filming the things we thought made good 'moving photos ' and then matching them to music we like. Simple as.

Bitta this Bitta that

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Sean: You're subsequent work seems to be in the same style. Is your primary interest in these video montages, or will TDV be branching out into other projects?

Caitlin: We've always treated the short (2-4 minute) films we've done as experiments really - like I say, trying to develop a style that hopefully will evolve as we go on, so although those things are fun to make they tend to be products of the two of us sat round a kitchen table going "Ummmm what shall we write a film about?" "Err I dunno, but this cup of tea sure is photogenic and would look good being made to an Indie pop background"! It's an off-the-cuff trial for what we really want to do which are short, scripted films made with our friends and the best resources we can come up with, so yeah, they're a laugh and quite simple to make these montages but we want to stretch ourselves a bit more in the future.

ParTea.

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Sean: What projects are currently in the pipeline?

Caitlin: Our work-in-progress is a short based on a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky called Bobok, which is a tale of a Russian scamp in the
19th century who goes to a funeral and begins to overhear this tragi-comic dialogue coming from the graves. We both read it and had almost the same ideas about how it should look which we thought was a good indication of being on to a good thing, and the subject matter's brilliant for a first attempt - dramatic but the story doesn't draw too many conclusions from it and we want to leave our audience's a bit puzzled so to have them thinking about death is going for the jugular but equally, it should be a good challenge.

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Sean: That sounds pretty cool. How do the two of you work together, is the work shared equally or do you delegate tasks to each other?

Caitlin: Georgie is the infinitely more experienced film maker so she really started the whole thing off while I jumped about going "Yeah! Brilliant! Let's do that!" but she's given me some expert editing tuition so it's become a shared task the whole way through now really. In theory, I take care of the things that are more drama related because that's the area I've had the experience in with bits of theatre work etc and Georgie deals with the complicated film making stuff, but at the end of the day we just shoot with a handycam and edit with moviemaker, so it's a fairly easy task. For the Bobok project Georgie's doing first draft of script and I'm doing 'casting' right now, but I'm pretty sure we'll end up merging everything together - there's not much we think differently on, worryingly…

Sean: So who would you say were your influences as filmmakers?

Caitlin: I think Michel Gondry is the big one really. That kind of updated, humorous surrealism is what we aim for - something that's brilliant to look at in the same way as an accidentally good photo is and makes it hard to tell the difference between what's intentional art and what's chance. There's a lot of fun to be had with those kinds of films if you can create a story to match it.

Paper Daisy

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Sean: So where do you see TDV in the future?

Caitlin: Well I can’t say we’ve made any long term pacts to be honest, but for as long as we’re both happy making films together that’s what we’ll both be doing. In terms of future work, we’re still only a few months old and finding our feet, so one step at a time – but hopefully we’ll be producing ever more ambitious projects and we’d like to start using some official channels for funding and finally, just (like everyone) reaching a much bigger audience and getting ourselves known.

Sean: Finally, some quickfire questions, first off, and I hate asking this cause I wouldn’t have an answer, what’s your favourite film?

Caitlin: Ouch, tough one. It changes almost weekly, but at this moment in time it’s Withnail & I. I am a true geek, yes.

Sean: Favourite theme tune?

Caitlin: Flagpole Sitta (Harvey Danger) from Peep Show. But favourite score…? Lord of the Rings always adds to the grandeur of the whole nine hour movie experience.

Sean: Favourite song?

Caitlin: This changes almost as much as the film, but today it’s Omaha by Tapes n Tapes.

Sean: Favourite cheese?

Caitlin: On behalf of Techno Disco Video, I would like to nominate Camembert as our Official Favourite Cheese.

Sean: Favourite colour?

Caitlin: A leafy green.

Techo Disco Videos first work can be seen at Techno Disco Video myspace and we’ll be keeping in contact regarding future work.

Melissa

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:52:00 +0000

A while ago I was looking over the fecalface website and stumbled across Melissa's work and I was impressed, she produces amazing work and she mainly works in water colour, a difficult medium to work with and yet she produces amazing work.

Phil:

So how did you get into art?

Melissa:

I've always enjoyed drawing. My dad had a picture he drew when he was a
boy of a big ship with tons of sails and I thought it was brilliant. I
used to make him draw my portrait. My brother is an amazing artist as
well.

Phil:

What do think influences your art?

Melissa:

Everything. I can't help it. I'm a sponge. The hard part is squeezing
something out. I really like Folk art. I love the simplicity and genius of
it. A lot of current illustrators I love today remind me of it.

Phil:

What is your art about?

Melissa:

I'm still working on that part. I think right now it is mostly about
attempting to create pretty pictures full of beauty and imagination. I
recently said this: "Most of my work has an underlying theme of escapism
stemming from the environmental, political and social issues facing us
today and the internal angst of dealing with it."

Phil:

Who are your favourite artists?

Melissa:

Kenojuak Ashevak
David Choe
Amy Cutler
and many many more...

Phil:

So what are the plans for the future?

Melissa:

Plant a money tree and continue making art.

Phil:

Quick fire round:

Whats your favourite:

Song: Leaving on a Jet Plane
Film: The Science of Sleep
Drink: mojito
sport: ultimate fighting, there's something intriguing about people
wilingly kicking the shit out of each other for sport.
colour: hot pink

Check out Melissa's website's

Axel honey.com

Flickr

Brake with radition two this is the future

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:09:00 +0000

Amalia Sieber

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:46:00 +0000

When it came to getting this interview ready to print the biggest problem I had was not a lack of good photography but the fact that every single photo our latest guest has produce is absolutly amazing, people dream of having her talent and many people just dream. Amalia Sieber on the other hand is blessed with this talent which is why it was so obvious that I had to interview her, enjoy.

Phil:

Hi Amalia how’s it going?

Amalia:

My left temple is tingling, but besides that I'm pretty swell.

Phil:

So tell us a little bit about yourself.

Amalia:

WELL. I'm hyperactive. I go to school for digital design (motion graphics, stop animation, and interaction. so broad!) ...I am a chatterbox and I probably laugh too much...Am I bordering on too much info yet? I like going on adventures rather than partying, and I wish I could sleep more. And I really, really like candy.

Phil:

So how did you get into photography?

Amalia:

My grandfather was a professional photographer and even had his own magazine for the North-eastern US back in the day. So my own dad had a good eye for composition, and just hoped I picked it up. I also went to an arts middle/high school where we were swimming in all aspects of art- and of course in college, photography's a large part of my major.

Phil:

What do think influences your photography?

Amalia:

That's hard to narrow down. I love fashion magazines for their crazy sets and props used in shoots. I love vintage things- it's more mysterious and unique since it wasn't made during a time that I'm used to. And light- I love light! I love it so much that I'm afraid of the dark.

Phil:

What is your photography about?

Amalia:

My favourite things are light interaction, interesting textures, and vibrant colours. Those are things I hold dear and want to remember. And, uh, costume parties.

Phil:

What cameras do you use?

Amalia:

For Polaroid’s, I use a Sun660 and an SX-70 (Mr. Land's perfect camera)- my third Polaroid I own is a Spectra, the "wide format," but I don't like it very much. I also use a Canon Rebel DSLR, Lomo Holga, and for fun I have a Lomo Frogeye for underwater adventures!
That's a lot. I still need a new 35mm since mine was ruined when I capsized the canoe that was holding us both =)

Phil:

Why did you decide to focus on using a Polaroid camera over other methods?

Amalia:

Well, with everyone going digital, the want of immediate photos is strong. Polaroid’s are perfect because the photos are immediate, but you're still using film. It picks up colours really well and is associated with nostalgia and vintage, I think that's its hold on me.

Phil:

What do you think is the secret to taking a good photo?

Amalia:

An eye for detail. Polaroid’s specifically - previous photography knowledge! Because a lot of its chance, so knowing how to set up things beforehand = stronger photos.

Phil:

Who's your favourite photographer?

Amalia:

Paolo Roversi!!

Phil:

So what are the plans for the future?

Amalia:

Well, I'm still in school and doing internships every other quarter, to graduate in 2009. Hopefully I will be picked up by a motion graphics group that gives me some freedom and wants someone for stop-animation when I'm done! I also really want to go to Australia and Japan, once I find a bag of money on the ground or something.

Phil:

Quick fire round:

What’s your favourite?

Band - Rilo Kiley!
Film - Amelie and The Royal Tenenbaums (it's a tie!)
Drink - water & coke ices
Sport - soccer
Colour - cream

Thanks Amalia keep up the good work.

You can check out more of Amalia's stuff on her flickr:
Amalia's flickr
Amalia's portfolio site

Go check it out.

Pic it forward project 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:09:00 +0000

Please note this is a seperate project to im right your wrong, this is completly the pic it forward project, but when the end results come in I'll be posting some of the photos.

Ok after some discussion with a few members we decided to start a new project called the pic it forward project, the idea is simple an individual has a disposable camera, takes a limited number of photos on the camera and then posts it onto the next person in the chain. Finally when the film is full the last person to receive the film develops it and is required to post them on the website for everyone to see.

We will be collecting a list of everyone who wishes to be a part of the project and will be planning the postage routes for each camera, the deadline for entering is June 15th

The Theme
"Show us your world! We all use threadless but we're spread out all over the globe, with different backgrounds and cultures; this is your chance to show us your world, how you live, what you like to do, where you live- It's up to you."

The Rules

● The Picture has to be taken by yourself.
● Please be respectful of others and don’t take photos of offensive things
●Once you’ve received your camera
●you have a week to take the photos and pass it on
●You are limited to three photos
●Attach a note explaining the photos, where they were taken, when they were taken and what the mean to you (this can be as short or as long as you like).
●If you agree to be the last person in the chain (the person who fills up the camera) you are responsible for developing and uploading the photos.
●Deadline for entering is June 15th

ecky_ducky has kindly agreed to collect all the email addresses together for the project, thanks ecky!

Everyone interested, email your:

User name
Full name
Mailing Address
Willing to ship over seas
Willing to be the start
Willing to be at the end (This person will have to get the photos developed and posted to the net).

There are two ways an ender can upload the photos, using a scanner or having them burned on to a cd at the developer, its up to you.

To: travellingcamera@gmail.com

lets get started:

Stubby43 - Northwest england willing to post over seas
rhythmdev9 - Cincinnati, OH, USA willing to ship over seas
ForeignPorn-Las Vegas, NV, USA willing to ship over seas
MeLa de Gypsie, Singapore, Singapore willing to ship over seas
pony23 sydney, Australia WSOS
midi-chlorinated Chicago, Il WSOS
kayceislost - Raleigh, NC
chelly - Lawrence, Ks; willing to ship overseas
Hanzabean- Lima, OH or
Oklahoma City, OK willing to ship overseas.
Bramish UK - WSOS
icebar Walpole, Massachusetts
kevinwells, Columbus OH / Pittsburgh PA, WSOS
Label - mexico
fraillittlegirl
isaboa
squeegebeckenheim
ekaj47
wullagaru

Goodbye back to the future

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:05:00 +0000

Ok Normally when I write a blog its about art, music and clothing and with the help of Sean film and as often as possible the subject matter is beyond the mainstream, something unusual but worth taking a look at.

Today I've chosen to brake with this because I feel its important, universal studios have decided to close down the back to the future ride. "The original attraction opened on May 2, 1991, at Universal Studios Florida however, the Orlando ride closed on March 30, 2007, after running at half capacity for over three months [1]. A new attraction based on The Simpsons is scheduled to open in the summer of 2008 in its place [2]. It is understood that the attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood will be closing[3] on Labor Day September 3, 2007"

Wiki

I know the idea of an emotional attactment to a ride seems a little odd but maybe its because of the memories I have attatched to it, I've been to florida twice and was fortunate enough to go on the ride several times, it was one of the few rides my mum was willing to go on, but its more than that because the ride is great and captures the films so well and the films well they are amoungst my favourite films ever made for so many reasons, I've grown up watching those films and they will always have a strong place in my heart and getting rid of the ride is just taking away from it.

And what do they intend to replace the ride with? a simpsons ride.

I urge all the americans reading this to go to universal studios LA (if its possible) and go on the ride, it'll be open until the end of the summer then it will close its doors for ever, the only back to the future ride remaining will be in osaka Japan (which opened in 2001).

Justin White

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:54:00 +0000

Justin White, better known as Jublin is an amazing designer, his work has always impressed me, they are an odd mix between design and cartoon which is something thats hard to combien but some how Justin pulls it off, so we set about doing a little interview, enjoy.

Phil:

Hi Justin hows it going?

Justin:

it's going excellent. Right now i'm pumped up for a monstrously huge BBQ.

Phil:

So tell us a little bit about yourself.

Justin:

I'm still in school, but not for much longer. I have no idea what i'm gonna do when i graduate, but hopefully i'll be living the good life with golden sports cars and supermodel butlers. I'm studying abroad in Australia at the moment and it's really fantastic. But I'm only here for about another few weeks. bummer. :(

Phil:

So how did you get into art?

Justin:

I always liked to draw (but i think most kids probably did when they were young) I guess i just stuck with it because i was too good for sports and too handsome to model.

Phil:

What do think influences your art?

Justin:

A lot influences my art. My dumb personality obviously has the biggest influence, but there are a lot of great artists out there that i like to steal all my ideas from too.

Phil:

What is your art about?

Justin:

My art isn't about much. I wish it was, but i'm not that focused.

Phil:

What are your favourite pieces?

Justin:

I don't like to play favorites really. I want to draw something about Jurassic Park because i just watched that movie the other day and its so great!

Phil:

Recently you've been making quite a name for yourself, everyone seems to be printing you, espically threadless whats it like getting printed and what have you spent your winnings on?

Justin:

Actually almost all of the winnings has gone towards paying for my trip and staying in Australia. I'm really lucky to have found threadless and to have gotten involved when i did because I probably would have never gotten the chance to study abroad like this without that extra cash. I'm really thankful for threadless for many reasons. it's really gotten me to focus a lot more on my artwork and I've met a lot of great people in the process too. I never ever would have imagined designing shirts for people to wear on their chests and/or boobs.

Phil:

Who are your favourite artists?

Justin:

A few of the art blogs I regularly visit are by Martin Wittig, Joel trussel, John K, Tim Biskup, and many many more!

Phil:

So what are the plans for the future?

Justin:

I don't know! I plan on going to BBQ club tomorrow and that's about all ive got right now.

Phil:

Quick fire round:

Whats your favourite:

Song - jurrasic park theme
Film - some jackie chan movie
Drink - slurpeeees
sport - playing toejam and earl on my sega genesis
colour - blue?

Justins website

Myspace

The Fountain

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:45:00 +0000

Another review by master of movies, Mr Mason.

When Phil asked me to write for this site my remit was of course to focus on independent, art house and foreign cinema. And yet I present you with a review of Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain, which was released on DVD this week. This is probably where you would say "hang on... that had studio backing and starred Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz, and they're pretty A-List." And you'd be right to say so. But this is still an art house picture, just one that had the budget to create some of the most stunning and gorgeous visuals I have ever seen committed to the screen.

I will make this clear now however, this film is celluloid marmite. You will either love its ideas, its love story, its complex structure and the fact that in the end it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Or you will think its half boiled spiritualism, romantic drivel with an overly complex structure and in the end it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

I fall very much into the former camp. This is a moving film, a complex love story told over thousands of years as Hugh Jackman tries to stop his wife from dying. However, how much of the story is real is unclear. Are the scenes of Hugh Jackman's conquistador in search of the tree of life a part of Rachel Weisz's novel written in the present day, or did it really happen? Are the scenes of Hugh Jackman making his way through space to revive the tree of life the future of the present Jackman? You take from this film what you will and what you want.

Visually this film is stunning and packed with so many exciting visual ideas, especially the scenes in the distant future. Clint Mansell has written possibly the most beautiful score of his career (more powerful even than his for Aronofsky's most acclaimed film, Requiem For A Dream).

This is art house going mainstream but at the same time this film is not for everyone. It is slow, challenging and for the most part downbeat in tone. But it is also original, epic yet personal, and an excellent look at love, hope and death.

This is a film you can watch again and again, seeing new things every time and trying to work out their significance.

If you're really not sure if it sounds like your cup of tea, then rent it on DVD first. But I think you'd be cheating yourself if you didn't at least give it a try.

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May I also recommend you have a look at the graphic novel printed by Vertigo, written by Darren Aronofsky himself and acting as a kind of directors cut.

DC Comics Graphic novels

Four year strong

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:43:00 +0000

I've always said that I wanted to talk about bands, but at first my focus was completly on artists, photography and clothing lines, its not to say that its a bad thing but the point is I've been neglecting the things I set out to do, thats a wrong I'm attempting to right and to kick things off I've got an amazing interview with an even better band, four year strong, read the interview then go check out their music.

Phil:

Hey guys how’s it going?

Four year strong:

Its going real good man.

Phil:

How did four year strong start?

FYS:

We are a 5 piece band from Worcester, MA; most of us have been friends for a good amount of years. Dan Alan and Jake met in 2001 from school. They started the band soon after meeting. Down the line they met Joe and asked him to play bass for the band after the original bassist had left. Later on they picked up josh bringing them to the current line up. The past 2 years he band has done multiple national tours sharing the stage with such bands as Hellogoodbye, Houston calls, junction 18, hidden in plain view, hit the lights, ect.

Phil:

So how long have you been together?

FYS:

The current line up of the band has been together for 3 and a half four years now. Before the current line-up there had been a couple member changes and the band in one form or another has been around for 6 years.

Phil:

So right now you’re in the studio recording a full length EP what will it be called?

FYS:

We haven’t nailed down a name yet but were sure were going to be psyched about it.

Phil:

What should we expect from it?

FYS:

As far as what to expect from the new CD it steps up our sound, its heavier and poppier than any of our old stuff.

Phil:

When will it be out?

FYS:

It should be out late July were not sure of the exact date yet.

Phil:

Recently you got signed to I surrender records (congratulations by the way) what made you choose to sign to them?

FYS:

Were pumped about signing to I surrender; we went with them because it means we get to deal with people on a personal level and not just a business level.

Phil:

So what have you got coming up for the rest of the year?

FYS:

Our plan for the year we just hope to hit the road and have a good time.

Phil:

Thanks guys

FYS:

Thanks bro! Josh and Joe FYS

Check out Four year strong over on their myspace.

Jan strikes again

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:30:00 +0000

A couple of months ago we chated to our good friend Jan Willem Wennekes about his art work (Check it out), he's a top bloke and his art works amazing and recently he moved into a new studio and decided it needed sprucing up a bit, so he did what all artist do, a wall mural, watch the video to see the evolution of the wall and click the picture to get the larger size.

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Jesse Pollock

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Tue, 29 May 2007 17:13:00 +0000

A few weeks ago I stumbled over the photography of Jesse Pollock, everybody has the ability to take a good photo but very few people can do it consistently, Jesse is one of the few people that does, so I set up an interview. Enjoy.

Phil:
Hey Jesse how are you?

Jesse:
I’m a little sleepy right now, but other than that I’m ok. It’s the start of the summer right now in San Francisco and that makes me stay out later and later. I’m really starting get excited about the next few months.

Phil:
So tell us a little bit about yourself.

Jesse:
I’m from Boston, but I have been living on the west coast for the last 6 years or so. This means that I stick out like a sore thumb among all the laid back Californians. I’m okay with that. I’m currently working as managing editor for the art site Feacal Face dot com as well as shooting photos for a variety of magazines.

Phil:
How did you get into photography?

Jesse:
I actually sort of hate photography. My dad was a photographer and he documented me to death when I was growing up. I never thought in a million years that I would pick up a camera, but then I realized that I could get girls to do what I wanted easier if I had a camera in my hand. So I guess my answer is that I got into photography to take photos of attractive women.

Phil:
What are your biggest influences?

Jesse:
Just walking around the city always yields great results. It’s a fairly exciting place and it provides me with an endless array of options for getting into something that will make a great photo. I’ve always been interested in people’s facial features as well and when I see someone with a remarkable face, I’m compelled to grab whatever camera is handy.

Phil:
What camera do you use?

Jesse:
When I shoot 35mm I have Canon EOS that I like a lot. It’s got great colors and has a fantastic auto setting for when I‘m too drunk to set the shutter speed. I also almost always travel with my Canon SD20 digital. It’s pretty old by now, but it fits in my pocket, is super durable and takes great from-the-hip style photos.

Phil:
Which photos are your favourites?

Jesse:
I’m a big fan of any photo that makes me look twice. For the most part I only will use photos that I haven’t seen before. When I’m editing my work I only look for things I haven’t seen photographed before. I don’t want anyone to be bored when they look at my photos because I know that feeling and I don’t want to fall in that trap.

Phil:
What do you think is the secret to taking a good photo?

Jesse:
I think interesting photography needs to be spontaneous and impulsive (at least for my style of photography). If can visualize a shot in my head that I think I have never seen before, I’ll do my best to recreate it as soon as possible before it starts getting stale. As far as it being framed and composed well.. all that stuff is secondary to me. The subject matter is foremost in my mind.

Phil:
Who's your favourite photographer?

Jesse:
I don’t really play favorites, but right now I have some books by Boogie, Hiromix and Nan Goldin that are in heavy rotation on my coffee table. Also check out the guys fromHamburger Eyes. You won’t be sorry.

Phil:
So what are the plans for the future?

Jesse:
I publish a photo zine called Catch A Bad One (http://www.unpiano.com) that is due for a new issue sometime in the near future as well as some great projects that will be affiliated with Fecal Face. I also plan to visit the park as much as possible and lie in the sun as much as I can this summer. I’ve never had a tan in my life and this seems like a good time as any to give it a shot.

Phil:
Quick fire round:

What’s your favourite:

Song: People have favorite songs? Fuck, I don’t know.. ‘Everyday’ by Buddy Holly.

Film: I’m going to go with a tie between Dead Man with Johnny Depp and You Can’t Take It With You by Frank Capra.

Drink: Whiskey. In every form and fashion.

Sport: I ride my bike a lot so I guess I like.. cycling? I don’t own any cycling equipment though, so I don’t know if that counts.

Colour: Blue.

Thanks Jesse, you can go check out more of Jesses stuff over at:

Jesse website unpiano
Feaclface.com

Jake Nickell, threadless interview!

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:02:00 +0000

Threadless as a website is something that always amazes me because its just one of those ideas that is so obvious its a wonder no one had thought of it already. Design competitions have existed for a long time but Jacke Nickell and Jacob DeHart were the first to see if it would work as a buisness model. I Spoke to Jake Nickell last year and heres the interview, enjoy.

Phil: Hows it going Jake?

Jake: Well, tired actually - It's 4am on a Thursday and I'm currently sitting in the bathtub preparing for a 6am flight to NYC. I will be returning to Chicago this afternoon. Trips like these for quick meetings are kind of cool because I feel like some kind of secret agent, but also very not cool because it's 4am and it's going to be an incredibly long day.

Phil: God nowadays I can barely manage to get up past 10 in the morning let alone 4am, though if I were doing trips like that I could probably manage. Well look at it this way who else can say, yeah I went to New York for a couple of hours? So Jake tell us a little bit about yourself.

Jake: Well, growing up I lived in Minnesota, Colorado, Missouri, Texas and
Indiana all before 4th grade. My dad was in the army so I moved
around quite a bit. I went to college at the Illinois Institute of
Art in downtown Chicago, got about 3 years through it, then quit with
3 classes left to get my degree because I just couldn't go another
semester running a new business with employees to manage on the side.
(I started the business when I was a Sophomore) Now I live downtown
and work full time mostly programming our websites and managing the
business.

Phil: I know what its like to move around alot personally I like it but having to make a fresh start each time can be annoying. So do you regret not getting your degree? I mean you obviously put alot of work into it to get that far.

Jake: Well, not so much - for a while it worried me but now that Threadless
has really taken off and skinnyCorp is doing so well, I feel like even
if it fails, there are a lot of opportunities for work in the future.

Phil: Yeah threadless and skinnycorp really have taken off over the past few years, for those that dont know could you tell us a little bit about threadless, skinnycorp and how it all started?

Jake: Yea! Jacob and I used to be members of a design forum called
dreamless.org back in 97-2000 and we met there. There was a tee
shirt competition on there to design the shirt for an event in London
and we both entered and I actually won it. We loved the whole process
of the design competition and decided to host our own, ongoing
competition for an actual line of tee shirts. We really started it as
a hobby, we were both really into art and design and wanted to do
something neat in that space. We started skinnyCorp as a design shop
and had Threadless as a side project.

Fun stuff

Phil: Your love of design really comes through I mean I don’t think threadless
would ever work if you didn’t love what you were doing, so what do you think
attracts designers to threadless other than the money?

Jake: The exposure of their work itself, it feels great knowing that
thousands of people are looking at the art you have created and even
leaving their opinions about it. When you create art, there is a
certain amount of pride that usually goes along with that. And when
you are that proud of something, you want to show it off!

Phil: Makes me wish I could draw, oh well I'll stick to films and photography, you
mentioned before that you started threadless off at hobby, weren’t you ever
scared I mean starting a business is normally a pretty big decision to make,
something that people spend along time planning. What was your experience of
starting out?

Jake: Starting out was literally Jacob and I just asking for designs on
dreamless and then printing the best ones. We each put in $500 and we
printed 24 of 5 different designs. Then when those sold we’d just spend
all the money we made on printing more designs. We didn't spend any
of the profits for the first two years and instead spent it on printing
as many designs as we could.

Phil: So do you have any advice for people starting out in business?

Jake: The most important thing for me was to be really passionate about what I was trying to do. Everything I did to start the business was fun and I thoroughly enjoy work every day. If that wasn't the case I don't think I could do it.

Phil: So a while back you launched the new threadless website, are you please with how it’s turned out so far? What are your favourite features on the site?

Jake: Yea, I'm really happy with the response so far, this is like the 8th
time we've relaunched threadless and I actually think it has been the
most positive of all of them. Whenever you dump a big change on
people it can be pretty overwhelming at first. I'm confident that
most of the people that are feeling that way will learn the new
interface and love it over time.

My favourite thing about the site is just how much more organized it is now. We went up to a 1024x768 resolution so things feel a bit more spaced out and easier to handle now. I like the small details about sites the most and all the little details you'll find on new
Threadless I hope you'll find are really fun :)

Phil: So what do see in the future of threadless/skinnycorp?

Jake: We just want to keep building community websites that encourage people to join in and help co-create neat things.

Phil: What music are you listening to at the moment?

Jake: I've been listening to a lot of Against Me and Streetlight Manifesto lately :)

Phil: Thanks for the interview Jake.

Jake: Thanks for interviewing me.

Skinnycorp

Threadless.com

Threadless myspace

Just Desserts: A fairy tale

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:57:00 +0000

For someone taking a film and television degree, I feel I've really not talked enough about films, so to rectify this I talked to Karen Sloan although theres not much to go on (this is here is the only one she has online) she looks like she could become a talent to be contented with. What the film and then read her comentary.

Phil: What is the film about?

Karen: The short is about a girl who loves to bake who goes one day to meet up with her "true love" and discovers that he's been unfaithful. broken hearted she goes home to bake her pain away and in the end she gets her "just desserts"

Phil: How did the ideas develop?

Karen: The film was actually oddly inspired i guess by listening to the band cursive's song driftwood: a fairy tale, it's a song based on the story of pinocchio, and it made me start to think about the idea of creating the perfect lover...so that was sort of the basis and then i wanted to create a story that captured the magic of the fairytales i loved as a child, and things just sort of fell together and we went with ideas as they came, a lot of things were just spur of the moment, "let's try that"
type things that just worked.

Phil: What was the most difficult aspect of filming?

Karen: Filming was relatively easy. I worked on the project for about 6 months. I wrote, filmed, and edited it in april 05 for my video 2 final, spent the summer analyzing my mistakes and planning, and then re-shot in september. The difficult part with filming was probably finding times when my actors could meet, but it was a lot of fun because they were 2 of my best friends. The difficulty mainly was in editing and composing the music. Most of the special effects (glowing tear drops, dream bubbles, multiple cookie boys) weren't too difficult, but the opening credits, with the pages turning in the book, was a pain in the ass, it was composed of over 44 layers in adobe after effects and had a ridiculous amount of key framing and i rotoscoped the footage of me on the directed by page to make it look like it was illustrated (it's kind of hard to tell on youtube) also to enter my film in various competitions i had to use royalty free music, so i had to arrange loops in adobe audition to make my music...which was difficult for me personally, since i dont have a musically wired brain at all and i had a very clear idea of what i wanted the music to sound like.

Travis Pitts interview!

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:11:00 +0000

Its kind of old, but its new here, about a year ago I started talking to one of my favourite threadless designers Travis Pitts, his work is intelligent and witty but most of looks bloody good, enjoy.

Phil:
Hey Travis how’s it going?

Travis Pitts
Pretty good, Stomach hurts, Olive garden indigestion.

Phil:
Unlucky mate, you need to get some anti acid, I've heard of that place parantly its pretty decent can’t remember what food it is mind. Anyway let’s start at the beginning, tell us a little bit about yourself.

Travis:

I'll be 30 this year, married to a great girl, happy in every way
except not doing what I should be doing in life- getting paid
regularly for art and design work. (Insert optimism here)- but that's
going to change this year as I'm actually going to buckle down and
send off samples to companies that suit me, instead of approaching the
wrong ones, or assuming a job will fall in my lap.
..but to start at the beginning: I was born in Joliet Illinois, moved
to Douglas Georgia when I was not quite 2, so I don't remember much
about snow or the north at all. Grew up in Douglas, essentially the
middle of nowhere, a humid, swampy area of the southern US- my only
entertainment being legos, nintendo, a go-kart, and my art supplies.
Had plenty of time to lay around and draw funny pictures. Moved to
Savannah Georgia in 1990, which seemed to be an improvement at the
time...but like a carnivorous plant, this city lures in many creative
types only to trap us with a high cost of living, few jobs, and no
easy way out.

So that is where we sit, trying very hard to get out this year.
Atlanta, Athens or out of state completely.
Artwise, I've never had so many ideas and so little time to do
anything about it.

I'm sorry, is everyone depressed yet?

Phil:

Well I hope the future bodes well for ya, I know exactly how you feel, I’ve lived in small villages for my entire life, balls to what they say country living isn’t idyllic it’s damn right boring. I’m moving out to York in a few months though so all should go well. So what influenced your art work other than boredom?

Travis:

Both my mom and older sister were artists of sorts. my oldest sister
(12 years my senior) babysat me alot, and I got to look at alot of art
books and album covers most kids my age weren't allowed to or wouldn't
understand. Also got to listen to a wide variety of late 70's and
eighties music...to which I would lay there and draw to.
Playing with legos, building things outdoors, all gave me an
attention to detail as to how things are actually put together that I
think I still try to carry over. Sometimes I am such a perfectionist
about it I don't get much done. (things like assuming the viewer will
know what a real engine of a ' 76 station wagon will look like and
trying to cram that detail into a 2x3 comic panel where it isn't even
the focus)

At probably 7 years old, I understood the politics and humour of comic
strips like Bloom County from my sister's anthologies, and was awed by
the works of h.r. giger from her books and calendars.
To see my older stuff, you'd recognize inspiration from things like
basil wolverton, EC horror comics and the like, I used to crosshatch
and stipple the hell out of everything, back when black and white was
my only way of expressing color.

Phil:

Cool, I used to do a lot of art but unfortunately I lost my attention span, the result being nine years of no art, a loss of all my skills and all my confidence, but I’m planning to get back on track. So it you would defiantly say that comics were a huge influence on your art. We’ve been hearing a lot about Robot Derby girl over on threadless, so what’s it about?

Travis:

Robot Derby Girl is just one of a thousand things I want to do...even
if it just ends up being a 4 issue miniseries somewhere..(going to
submit to darkhorse, fanatgraphics, and a few other b&w oddball
companies).
Basically, it's another outlet to draw scrappy girls and quiet,
golem-like robots...but unlike the rest of my doodles, it's gelling
into something a little more solid. It gives a nod to certain anime
formulas, but is mostly western in approach. People keep saying it
reminds them of one thing or another, but it's not my intention as
I've purposely tried to stay out of the comic reading world to not be
influenced, and I'm not really a fan of japanimation to begin with- my
biggest eastern influence being the art for video games like MEGA
MAN...

the good part is, at least it reminds people of certain things they really LIKE.

It seemed a good place to draw all the gears, robots, helmets, outfits
and landscapes I draw anyway, and out of it came the story of a girl
who is the underdog in a near future robotic rollerderby-type event.
She's not the underdog because she's a girl, but because she rides an
outdated robot in a competition long since taken over by sleeker,
sportier models.
(kind of like how I feel as an old school illustrator in today's
graphic design market, i guess)
..it's just going to be the trials and tribulations of her everyday
life, trying to get money for repairs, winning just enough to get by
on, enemies, friendships, etc... Her robot is both mocked and revered.
It has uncanny abilities beyond the typical race/attack programs built
into the others that even Robot Derby Girl (aka Cam) can't put her
finger on. It was literally all that was left to her when her father,
a former great in the circuit, died while riding in a race. Not only
is it her inheritance and employment, but unknown to her, it also
carries his essence.
However, the robot can't speak (at all) or act beyond its limits, so
there will be alot of poignant moments where the robot goes out of its
way to protect her, and alot of inner turmoil where he can't decide if
he should tell her, or even how to do it.
She in turn, will do anything to keep the robot in running repair, and
will begin to see it less as a hassle and more as a father and
protector. soon, it will be felt so strongly both ways that there may
not even be a need to ever have the truth come out, which is how I
would prefer it.

Phil:

Whoa, I can’t wait to read it I love the idea that this outdated model despite everything strives to win against all these technically superior robots, there’s nothing like a good underdog story and it sounds like the epitome of it. I wish you the best of luck of luck with getting it printed. Threadless.com a while back printed Robot Derby girl (congrats by the way), how did you hear about threadless, what do you like about it and what’s it like being a printed designer?

Travis:
I heard about threadless from my old high school friend Ron Lewis,
also a designer...he told me about it at the crux of their '$2005 in
2005' competition. At the time, $2000 was a big deal. The normal
winnings were $250 or $500, I can't remember which. I submitted a
bunch of mediocre drawings I had laying around because I had no idea
what threadless was or what the audience expected. He pulled off 'you
sank my battleship' for the win. I've been in love with threadless
ever since.

Phil:

$2000 is still a big deal, though I can see what you mean, its way up on the $250. I wouldn’t mind seeing some of your older stuff at some point. I mean your stuff’s pretty decent right now, I mean you’ve not been printed by threadless once but twice (three times if you count the 12 month club tee), so what did you spend the money on and how does it feel to be a winner?

Travis:

The joy of winning, having something in print, having a sort of cult
fan base, having something that can be traced back to me- all of it
was more gratifying than the prize money. Each time I won, we were in
some kind of dire financial situation and the money usually had to go
directly to bills. We’re totally on top of our debts now, and I have
to say I couldn't have done that without winning.
So my new goal is the $2000...I’ve won at every other amount
threadless has offered. This time I might actually get to spend it on
something frivolous- like a Honda ruckus (scooter) to replace the
crappy off-brand one I bought that died 9 months later.

Phil:

I’ve always wanted a scooter unfortunately I’m also constantly broke; though I’m hopefully gonna buy a £220 camera, ah disposable incomes fun. Well I wish you the best of luck in threadless comps and I wish you the best of luck with Robot Derby girl, thanks for giving up your time to chat.

Travis:

Thanks, man, it was fun

You can get in touch with Travis at
myspace

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Contemplation, thought and consideration

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:07:00 +0000

Last summer I entred a photography Competition that asked us to take a photo that depicted my own religious beliefs the problem was for me I wasn’t exactly sure what I believed (and still don’t) this was an exploration of my thoughts and feelings at the time.

OK as you know from the topic for me this has been a very tough challenge because for me it was not just simply a case of taking a photograph of something that represented my religious beliefs. For me it became a journey of self discovery because I had to work out just what my religious beliefs were. It is probably very unusual for a photography competition to say that the photos are unimportant but this is the truth, they are but mere records of the journey I took to take them. Now it is also important to remember though they are two photos they can not be considered separately because they represent parts of the road to self discovery.

Up until a few years ago my world had been a certainty, I knew what I was going to do as a career, where I was going to go to university, where I was going to live and ultimately I was certain that there was no God. But then things changed, I realised the college I was at was not for me, I hated the course I had chosen to study. I had to change and changed a lot of things in my life such as switching to courses that allowed me to be creative, I switched to a college that finally felt right to me. Yet in this time of confusion my certainty in my religious beliefs were shaken. I had been so certain of my future and yet that had all been proven wrong so why was I still convinced God didn’t exist? The truth is I could no longer be certain of anything with in my life, I watched as my friends from high school became drunks and drug addicts to various degrees, there beliefs were simple, there might not be a next time.
I couldn’t live like that and so I threw myself into exploration I tried the religion I’d been so determined to be against, Christianity and yet I felt nothing towards it I still couldn’t cope with the idea that God existed and I could not cope with Christian rhetoric and yet I still felt the need to have religion in my life. I considered Judaism but that was even worse than Christianity in fact all the religions seemed too based upon one simple belief. God does exist but our God is the correct one to follow. I didn’t like that for one I still do not believe in a higher being that has created everything but more importantly I disliked the intolerance to other belief systems. Then I found Buddhism and at first Buddhism made sense, it did not require me to believe in a God because God didn’t exist, they are more like angels and are ultimately unimportant, however what is important is striving to achieve Nirvana. At this point I started to read about meditation. I genuinely believed I had found my religion and yet something just did not feel right, I can not explain it because I still do not understand it myself but this religion that made perfect sense did not feel like it was for me.
I was stuck, I was a person seeking religion and yet could not find one that represented my beliefs and this is the state I have been in for a year stuck in limbo between religion and atheism.
And now today the journey. Whenever I feel sad or angry I roller blade, I do it for freedom because I am away from stuff and I am relaxed. Today however I decided to roller blade to the river. This is not a simple journey and takes 30 minutes to roller blade there, it is further complicated by the fact that you have to go down a steep hill that requires you to take off the blades and walk down. So I did I walked down a hill bare foot across searing hot tarmac burning my feet as I went along. I had got to my destination and yet I felt unhappy with it. It felt like the journey was not over yet and so I walked down the river barefoot. This is no easy task because the river is a dirt road it is full of stones and the occasional bit of glass. When walking down this road you are forced to walk slowly and to think about everything you are doing for fear of cutting yourself and having to go to hospital the only thoughts you can have are were to put my next footstep. After a good half an hour of walking I stopped for the first time in a long time I had walked somewhere with out thinking, with out a mind full of thoughts clouding my brain, making me stressed, making me angry. I felt free.
I stopped and sat down by the river hands clasped together and just watched as the river flowed and eventually I closed my eyes and concentrated on my breathing. I have never felt this way before and all I can describe it is as peace. My words do not justify the feeling I got watching the world go bye. The ducks casually swimming past the rusting dock.
So what exactly is it that I believe? I believe in beauty, these pictures represent how I see the world because I believe in the beauty of nature and the beauty of what man has created. To me the docks represent a class of different types of beauty, the man made which is not just designed for practicality and that of nature something that we can not create but only manipulate. I still do not know if a higher being created the earth, nor do I know if nirvana exists but neither am I convinced we exist for no other purpose than to reproduce. I will probably never find my answers but maybe the search for these answers is all that’s important.

The pictures were taken several hours after this journey and so will only ever be an attempt to recapture how I felt, the explanation was written as soon as I got home.

As for the competition I can third.

Fotographia Margo

noreply@blogger.com (Im right your wrong) — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:20:00 +0000

Were always on the look out for young talent and if there was ever someone who fit the bill that would be Margo, she seems able to spot beauty in things most people just glance at and move on.

Check out Margos stuff over at:
Margo deviant

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